Event-Driven Contracts

Event-Driven
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Event-Driven skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Event-Driven over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 254 414 344
Rank change year-on-year +160 -70 -55
Contract jobs citing Event-Driven 302 170 424
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.03% 0.39% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% 0.45% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 131 332
10th Percentile £405 £405 £500
25th Percentile £483 £469 £568
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -15.38% -
75th Percentile £700 £669 £750
90th Percentile £800 £775 £863
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £35.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +57.14% -53.95%
75th Percentile - £57.50 -
90th Percentile - - £45.58
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £35.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Event-Driven falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Event-Driven
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Event-Driven as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Event-Driven in the UK

Event-Driven
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Event-Driven.

Daily rate trend for Event-Driven in the UK

Event-Driven
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Event-Driven over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Event-Driven in the UK

Event-Driven
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Event-Driven.

Hourly rate trend for Event-Driven in the UK

Event-Driven
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Event-Driven within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +138 247 £600 +9.09% 380
London +103 162 £660 +10.00% 215
UK excluding London +111 102 £525 -4.55% 230
Work from Home +70 93 £525 -4.55% 254
North of England +50 52 £530 -3.64% 93
North West +38 36 £530 +3.97% 66
Scotland +31 23 £525 -4.55% 13
South East +50 13 £409 -13.89% 73
Yorkshire +13 12 £550 -7.17% 21
Midlands +28 8 £537 +79.00% 26
East Midlands - 6 £537 - 10
South West +32 4 £675 +22.73% 16
North East +1 4 £465 -28.46% 6
East of England +31 3 £525 -8.70% 9
West Midlands +14 2 £581 +93.67% 13
Northern Ireland - 1 £550 - 3

Event-Driven
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (5.63%) Apache Spark
2 9 (2.98%) Apache
3 3 (0.99%) JBoss
4 2 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.66%) Camunda
4 2 (0.66%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.66%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.66%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.33%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.33%) Apache Pulsar
5 1 (0.33%) Confluence
5 1 (0.33%) Mule
Business Applications
1 2 (0.66%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.33%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.33%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 117 (38.74%) AWS
2 105 (34.77%) Azure
3 84 (27.81%) Serverless
4 37 (12.25%) AWS Lambda
5 33 (10.93%) GitHub
6 30 (9.93%) Amazon S3
6 30 (9.93%) GCP
7 27 (8.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 20 (6.62%) Azure Functions
9 19 (6.29%) Azure AKS
9 19 (6.29%) Azure Service Bus
10 18 (5.96%) Azure DevOps
10 18 (5.96%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (4.64%) AWS CloudFormation
12 13 (4.30%) Amazon SQS
12 13 (4.30%) Azure Logic Apps
13 12 (3.97%) Amazon EventBridge
13 12 (3.97%) npm
13 12 (3.97%) Yarn
14 11 (3.64%) Amazon Cognito
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.32%) Firewall
2 3 (0.99%) IPsec
2 3 (0.99%) Kerberos
2 3 (0.99%) Network Security
2 3 (0.99%) SSL
2 3 (0.99%) VPN
3 2 (0.66%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (0.66%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.66%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.66%) Software-Defined Networking
3 2 (0.66%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.66%) WAN
3 2 (0.66%) Wireless
4 1 (0.33%) DNS
4 1 (0.33%) HTTP
4 1 (0.33%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (16.89%) NoSQL
1 51 (16.89%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (11.26%) MongoDB
3 27 (8.94%) Relational Database
4 22 (7.28%) DynamoDB
5 14 (4.64%) MySQL
6 13 (4.30%) Redis
7 12 (3.97%) Data Lake
8 10 (3.31%) Amazon Athena
8 10 (3.31%) Flink
9 9 (2.98%) Parquet
9 9 (2.98%) SQL Server
10 8 (2.65%) Big Data
10 8 (2.65%) DB2
10 8 (2.65%) Power BI
11 7 (2.32%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (2.32%) Hadoop
12 6 (1.99%) RDBMS
13 5 (1.66%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 53 (17.55%) Jenkins
2 44 (14.57%) Git
3 40 (13.25%) GitLab
4 23 (7.62%) JUnit
5 18 (5.96%) Maven
6 17 (5.63%) Mockito
7 15 (4.97%) Gradle
8 12 (3.97%) webpack
9 11 (3.64%) Liquibase
10 7 (2.32%) Artifactory
10 7 (2.32%) gulp
10 7 (2.32%) SonarQube
10 7 (2.32%) Sonatype Nexus
11 6 (1.99%) Cypress.io
12 5 (1.66%) CircleCI
12 5 (1.66%) Postman
13 4 (1.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (1.32%) JIRA
13 4 (1.32%) REST Assured
14 3 (0.99%) IntelliJ
General
1 79 (26.16%) Social Skills
2 72 (23.84%) Finance
3 40 (13.25%) Banking
4 34 (11.26%) Public Sector
5 21 (6.95%) Investment Banking
6 20 (6.62%) Analytical Skills
7 19 (6.29%) Telecoms
8 11 (3.64%) Electronics
8 11 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.64%) Manufacturing
8 11 (3.64%) Marketing
8 11 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.99%) Front Office
10 5 (1.66%) Financial Institution
10 5 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.32%) Publishing
12 3 (0.99%) Law
13 2 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.66%) Retail
14 1 (0.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 116 (38.41%) Developer
2 104 (34.44%) Architect
3 50 (16.56%) Senior
4 49 (16.23%) Solutions Architect
5 35 (11.59%) Java Developer
6 26 (8.61%) Full-Stack Developer
7 25 (8.28%) Senior Developer
8 21 (6.95%) Technical Architect
9 18 (5.96%) Software Engineer
10 15 (4.97%) Lead
11 14 (4.64%) Enterprise Architect
11 14 (4.64%) Python Developer
12 13 (4.30%) Data Engineer
12 13 (4.30%) React Developer
13 12 (3.97%) Senior Architect
13 12 (3.97%) UI Developer
14 11 (3.64%) AWS Architect
14 11 (3.64%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
14 11 (3.64%) SC Cleared Java Developer
14 11 (3.64%) Senior UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (32.45%) Kafka
2 48 (15.89%) React
3 47 (15.56%) Spring
4 44 (14.57%) Spring Boot
5 40 (13.25%) RESTful
6 39 (12.91%) Node.js
7 29 (9.60%) .NET
8 28 (9.27%) REST
9 21 (6.95%) OAuth
10 18 (5.96%) GraphQL
11 17 (5.63%) AngularJS
11 17 (5.63%) OpenAPI
11 17 (5.63%) Swagger
12 16 (5.30%) RabbitMQ
13 15 (4.97%) CSS
14 14 (4.64%) Hibernate
15 13 (4.30%) AWS CDK
15 13 (4.30%) Express.js
15 13 (4.30%) JSON
16 12 (3.97%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 39 (12.91%) Cloud Native
2 27 (8.94%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (6.95%) Public Cloud
4 18 (5.96%) Derivative
5 13 (4.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 11 (3.64%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.98%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.32%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.66%) Hedge funds
10 4 (1.32%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.99%) AI Agents
11 3 (0.99%) Distributed Applications
11 3 (0.99%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (0.99%) Educational Technology
11 3 (0.99%) Equity Derivative
11 3 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.99%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 18 (5.96%) Linux
2 10 (3.31%) Unix
3 5 (1.66%) Windows
4 2 (0.66%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (55.63%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 137 (45.36%) CI/CD
3 135 (44.70%) Microservices
4 121 (40.07%) Agile
5 105 (34.77%) DevOps
6 76 (25.17%) Containerisation
7 73 (24.17%) Problem-Solving
8 55 (18.21%) Full-Stack Development
9 54 (17.88%) Infrastructure as Code
10 53 (17.55%) Software Engineering
11 36 (11.92%) Test Automation
12 35 (11.59%) Technical Leadership
13 34 (11.26%) Event-Driven Programming
14 31 (10.26%) Architectural Patterns
15 29 (9.60%) Design Patterns
15 29 (9.60%) TDD
16 28 (9.27%) Integration Patterns
17 27 (8.94%) Mentoring
18 25 (8.28%) API Development
19 24 (7.95%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 119 (39.40%) Java
2 102 (33.77%) Python
2 102 (33.77%) SQL
3 49 (16.23%) TypeScript
4 45 (14.90%) JavaScript
5 32 (10.60%) C#
6 9 (2.98%) C++
7 8 (2.65%) Kotlin
7 8 (2.65%) Scala
8 7 (2.32%) Go
8 7 (2.32%) Ruby
9 4 (1.32%) Bicep
9 4 (1.32%) C
9 4 (1.32%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.32%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.99%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.66%) ActionScript
11 2 (0.66%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.66%) PHP
11 2 (0.66%) REXX
Qualifications
1 35 (11.59%) Security Cleared
2 34 (11.26%) SC Cleared
3 25 (8.28%) AWS Certification
4 16 (5.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 10 (3.31%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.32%) Degree
7 5 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.66%) OCP
7 5 (1.66%) Oracle Certification
8 4 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.66%) IBM Certification
10 1 (0.33%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.33%) CEH
10 1 (0.33%) CISSP
10 1 (0.33%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.33%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.33%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.64%) QA
2 8 (2.65%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.32%) GDPR
3 4 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (0.99%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.99%) HL7
5 2 (0.66%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.66%) ISO 8583
5 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.66%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.66%) PSD2
5 2 (0.66%) SEPA
6 1 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.33%) EMIR
6 1 (0.33%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.33%) MiFID
6 1 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 104 (34.44%) Docker
2 4 (1.32%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.99%) RACF
4 2 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.33%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.33%) HDFS
5 1 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 90 (29.80%) Kubernetes
2 67 (22.19%) Terraform
3 18 (5.96%) Ansible
3 18 (5.96%) Prometheus
4 14 (4.64%) Grafana
5 6 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.99%) Istio
6 3 (0.99%) Packer
7 2 (0.66%) Argo
7 2 (0.66%) MOM
7 2 (0.66%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.33%) Kibana
8 1 (0.33%) linkerd
8 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.33%) vRealize
8 1 (0.33%) VxRail
8 1 (0.33%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 22 (7.28%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.97%) Databricks
3 13 (4.30%) Google
3 13 (4.30%) SAP
4 12 (3.97%) Atlassian
5 10 (3.31%) Salesforce
5 10 (3.31%) Virgin Media
6 9 (2.98%) Oracle
6 9 (2.98%) Splunk
7 7 (2.32%) IBM
7 7 (2.32%) Sybase
8 6 (1.99%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.32%) Bloomberg
9 4 (1.32%) DocuSign
9 4 (1.32%) Reuters
10 3 (0.99%) Cisco
10 3 (0.99%) Refinitiv
10 3 (0.99%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.66%) Dell KACE
11 2 (0.66%) Meraki